I'll make it multiple choice so at least everyone has some chance of getting it right (but no peeking below until you choose).
What proportion of SBC churches is non-Anglo?
a. 1 in 20
b. 1 in 15
c. 1 in 10
d. 1 in 5
e. 1 in 3
If the year was 1990 in the waning, fractious years of the Conservative Resurgence, the answer would be "a". About one in twenty SBC congregations in 1990 was non-Anglo.
If the year was 1998, after the consolidation of the CR and before the Y2K non-event, the answer would have been between "c" and "d". About one in 7.5 SBC congregations was non-Anglo.
I would have missed that one.
The North American Mission Board did some analysis with the 2011 Annual Church Profile and reported the following:
The information here is gleaned from NAMB's blog article, SBC ethnic congregations up 66 percent since 1998, by Tobin Perry.
One wonders, what proportion of other mainline and splinter Baptist groups is non-Anglo?
Just asking.
What proportion of SBC churches is non-Anglo?
a. 1 in 20
b. 1 in 15
c. 1 in 10
d. 1 in 5
e. 1 in 3
If the year was 1990 in the waning, fractious years of the Conservative Resurgence, the answer would be "a". About one in twenty SBC congregations in 1990 was non-Anglo.
If the year was 1998, after the consolidation of the CR and before the Y2K non-event, the answer would have been between "c" and "d". About one in 7.5 SBC congregations was non-Anglo.
In 2011 the figure is about 1 in 5, "d".
I would have missed that one.
The North American Mission Board did some analysis with the 2011 Annual Church Profile and reported the following:
According to Annual Church Profile ACP statistics provided to NAMB by LifeWay Christian Resources, 10,049 of 50,768 SBC congregations identified themselves by an ethnicity other than Anglo in 2011, the most recent year for which detailed data on ethnicity is available. That’s up from 6,044 non-Anglo congregations in 1998.
The information here is gleaned from NAMB's blog article, SBC ethnic congregations up 66 percent since 1998, by Tobin Perry.
One wonders, what proportion of other mainline and splinter Baptist groups is non-Anglo?
Just asking.
